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Lexicon :: Strong's H8559 - tāmār

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תָּמָר
Transliteration
tāmār
Pronunciation
taw-mawr'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as תָּמָר (H8558)
Strong’s Definitions

תָּמָר Tâmâr, taw-mawr'; the same as H8558; Tamar, the name of three women and a place:—Tamar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H8559 in the following manner: Tamar (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H8559 in the following manner: Tamar (24x).

  1. Tamar = "palm-tree"

    proper feminine noun

    1. widow of Er, the son of Judah; fiancee of Shelah, another son of Judah; wife of Judah and mother of Pharez and Zerah

    2. daughter of David by Maacah, sister of Absalom, and rape victim of Amnon her half brother, another son of David

    3. daughter of Absalom

      proper locative noun

    4. a place on the southern border of Gad

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תָּמָר Tâmâr, taw-mawr'; the same as H8558; Tamar, the name of three women and a place:—Tamar.
STRONGS H8559: Abbreviations
II. תָּמָר 25 proper name
1. feminine.
† a. daughter-in-law of Judah Genesis 38:6, 11 (twice in verse); Genesis 38:13, 24; 1 Chronicles 2:4; Ruth 4:12.
b. daughter of David, sister of Absalom 2 Samuel 13:1, 2 + 11 times 13, 2 Chronicles 3:9.
† c. daughter of Absalom 2 Samuel 14:27.
† 2. location Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28; 1 Kings 9:18 Kt (> Qr תַּדְמֹר which see), so read also || 2 Chronicles 8:4 (for MT תַּדְמֹר); site not certain, compare BuhlG 184. — בַּעַל תָּמָר see בַּעַל.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:6; 38:11; 38:13; 38:24

Ruth

4:12

2 Samuel

13:1; 13:2; 14:27

1 Kings

9:18

1 Chronicles

2:4

2 Chronicles

3:9; 8:4

Ezekiel

47:19; 48:28

H8559

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8559 matches the Hebrew תָּמָר (tāmār),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:6 - Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:13 - And it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; furthermore she is with child by harlotry.” So Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - “May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the LORD will give you from this young woman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - After this Absalom the son of David had a lovely sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - Amnon was so distressed over his sister Tamar that he became sick; for she was a virgin. And it was improper for Amnon to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, “Why are you, the king’s son, becoming thinner day after day? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - So Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - Then Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let Tamar my sister come and make a couple of cakes for me in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:7 - And David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Now go to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. Then she took flour and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, that I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:19 - Then Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - And Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, “Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for only Amnon is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - To Absalom were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful appearance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:18 - Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19 - “The south side, toward the South,[fn] shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. This is the south side, toward the South.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28 - “by the border of Gad, on the south side, toward the South,[fn] the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea.
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